Is your partner to blame for why you can’t lose weight?

Let’s face it. It’s not easy to lose weight when the people around you are eating and drinking all the things you are trying to avoid.

Did you know that the 5 people you’re around the most will directly influence your health and weight (not to mention, income and many other aspects)?

The second obstacle in our series on sneaky reasons you can’t lose weight is your personal and social environment. (If you missed the first installment, read here about how sneaky toxins can be contributing to weight loss resistance.)

Key #2: Personal and Social Environment

Foods and beverages that are in your visual field (in your home, office, etc.) are likely to trigger food cravings and lead you to eating when you are not hungry. Ever find yourself staring into the fridge when you’re bored? Or sharing your partner’s food when you weren’t even hungry before?

Studies show that people modify their eating behavior to match the person they are eating with. Eat with someone who eats healthier than you, and you’ll make healthy choices. Likewise, eating with someone with less healthy habits will influence your behavior, too.

So, you can be that person drinking water (or a green smoothie) at the bar or…

Cleanse your social environment. Make it easier on yourself to be healthy by making partners-in-health of your inner circle. Bring a partner, friend, or coworker with you to a Vitaliti Wellness 30 day cleanse and eliminate the second sneaky reason you can’t lose weight. Making a commitment to your health is way easier when you have a partner—not only does it help you remain accountable, but, let’s be honest, it’s just more fun!

On all of Vitaliti’s cleanse programs, you’ll eat and drink foods and beverages that will nourish you and optimize your ability to lose weight.

What exactly does it mean to detox?

In the first installment of 5 Sneaky Reasons You Can’t Lose Weight, we discussed toxins. To start optimizing your metabolism and reducing your body’s toxic load, you need to add nourishing foods and supplements to your diet, and remove the ones that will burden your liver and other organs of detoxification.

Your liver goes through two phases to eliminate toxins. To properly detoxify, your body needs all the co-factors, nutrients and enzymes to support this process. This includes sulfur amino acids and B-vitamins. If you are not digesting your food well (or eating the right things), you may not have either of these raw materials in items in the correct amounts to properly detoxify.

In our classes, we add high quality supplements to fill in the gap while we also teach the principles of what to eat to improve digestion and detoxification. VegeCleanse (previously PaleoCleanse) includes the sulfur amino acids necessary for the body to detoxify and is one of our favorite functional foods. We also suggest adding sulfur containing foods like garlic, broccoli, onions, cauliflower, and eggs.

Our other favorite supplement for detoxing are the Detoxification Support Packets, which help support Phase II Detoxification and help many people to overcome the weight loss yo-yo in which they lose fat only to regain inflammation.

VegeCleanse includes the nutrients needed to support and balance phase I and II detoxification and promotes healthy liver function and elimination.

Detoxification Support Packets help the body eliminate the toxins we are inundated with, and regulate the release of toxins from the fat, so the we can maintain an effective rate of weight loss.

Why won’t my weight budge?

I’ve had great success with the Vitaliti Wellness 30-Day RESET in the past, dropping 3 sizes and 12 pounds of fat! Now, I’m having a difficult time taking the weight off that I gained over the holidays. I’m doing all the right things—I’ve been eating clean and working out with a personal trainer, but, this time, the weight is not coming off. Do you think it could be because I just turned 50 or because I am on the birth control pill? What should I do?

I get this question all the time.You are not alone, if you have trouble losing weight. We call this weight loss resistance. You might be relieved to know that the answer is not to eat less and exercise more.

Over the past 15 years in my nutrition practice, I regularly help people—who are weight loss resistant—release weight and inches (and along the way they regain their energy, ditch their cravings and feel much younger)!

We’ve taken the keys to overcoming weight loss resistance and built them into our programs, helping thousands of people learn and implement these often overlooked variables.

If you’re working hard at eating right and exercising but not getting the results, you’ll want to consider the five keys that could be sabotaging your weight loss.

How do you know if toxins are impacting your metabolism? You might experience a difficulty losing weight or keeping it off; drops in energy; subtle issues with your thyroid (for example, a normal TSH but a low T3 level); sex hormone imbalances; a slightly lower than normal body temperature; heightened sensitivity to smells, foods, supplements, chemicals, even emotions; or blood sugar issues or insulin resistance. All of these symptoms could be caused by a higher toxic burden than your body can handle.

How to eliminate toxic burden

If you try to lose weight without addressing the toxic load, your body can actually release more toxins that have been stored in your fat, creating inflammation and a yo-yo weight loss/weight gain cycle that gets you nowhere.

In our flagship cleanse program, the 30-Day RESET, we use an elimination diet to remove foods and beverages that could be sabotaging your body’s ability to detoxify. We include specific whole foods and supplements (particularly, VegeCleanse and Detox Support Packets) to support natural detoxification. Did you know that your body needs specific nutrients to support and balance your liver’s Phase I and Phase II detoxification stages? Order those below to get started.

Stay tuned for the next post, in which we’ll go over the nutrients that will help you break out of this toxic cycle.

VegeCleanse includes the nutrients needed to support and balance phase I and II detoxification and promotes healthy liver function and elimination.

Detoxification Support Packets help the body eliminate the toxins we are inundated with, and regulate the release of toxins from the fat, so the we can maintain an effective rate of weight loss.

But the cold weather and holiday season sure do seem to bring along the cold and flu season! Why is that and what can you do about it?

Immune systems are compromised by end-of-year indulging. Let’s look at how sugar affects the immune system.

White blood cells need 50 times the concentration of Vitamin C than the cells around them to kill off bacteria and viruses. But, because glucose and sugar have similar structures, if you’re eating sugar, your white blood cells will accidentally pull in glucose instead of Vitamin C—making them ineffective at fighting off colds!

Sugar raises our blood sugar and lowers our immune system. At a blood sugar level of 120 (easily accomplished by eating dessert), our white blood cell’s ability to kill viruses and bacteria is reduced by 75%. Because the holiday season seems to be a time of sanctioned cookie eating and wine drinking, we often don’t even realize the damage we are doing to our physical health when consuming all the sugar.

Have you considered the correlation between the period following the holidays and the peak of flu season? The trend is consistent. Susceptibility to infection is heightened in January and February. Here’s a quick illustration:

Start up your exercise routine again. Physically fit and active adults reduce their risk of having a cold by almost 50% according to a study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine! That’s a huge difference.

Get outdoors and get more Vitamin D. One of vitamin D’s most important roles is keeping your immune system strong so you’re able to fight off the viruses and bacteria that cause illness. Studies show that 75% of US teens and adults are deficient in this critical nutrient so we recommend getting your Vitamin D levels tested and taking Vitamin D Synergy from Designs for Health. This is our choice because in addition to Vitamin D, it also has along with other fat-soluble vitamins, A, E (tocopherols and tocotrienols), and K (K1 and K2) for absorption. Pro Tip: Did you know that research is emerging on the intricate interrelationships between these nutrients which means don’t go dosing up on one without having the others in balance!

Increase your liquids and hydration. Dehydration and dry air both are triggers for colds and flu. Keep your liquids up including lots of homemade broths and soups and be aware that dry air is also drying up your mucous membranes which can lead to inflammation.

Sleep, Sex, and Stress. It’s easy to forget that too little sleep and too much stress both wreck your immune system. And did you know that sex is good for your immune system? When you first start to feel run down, see if you can go to bed early for more reasons than just getting more rest! And change up some of those items on your to do list—give yourself more time on any projects, take your time getting back to people and then make your priority taking really good care of yourself.

The gut is the source of all disease and health.

Around 80% of your immune system is in your gut. If you are getting sick twice a year or more, chances are, your gut flora is imbalanced. Our newly launched cleanse program, the 30 Day GUT RESTORE gives you the tools to restore and optimize your gut health, using foods, supplements, and testing.**

C+BioFizz is a very tasty citrus flavored powder that can be mixed with water, mineral water, Keto, PaleoGreens, or anything!

Immune Support Packets include all the best herbs, nutrients (including Vitamin C) and even detox support to boost your immune system and ward off colds.

February in-person opportunities to cleanse with Ti Caudron

*If you want in-person support and measurable accountability on a proven program, the RESET is a tried and true whole foods eating system that will get you off of sugar and other inflammatory foods and into high quality nutrition! Our in-person class includes weekly metabolic analysis which will give you the feedback and accountability to stay on track. The 10,000+ people who have completed our programs can attest to the fact that the system is great for moving you to a different nutritional level. Join us for the next in-person cleanse (or online starting anytime).

We are now offering cutting edge Food Inflammation Tests to pinpoint ingredients in your diet that are creating inflammation and activating your immune system, and a GI-MAP DNA stool test to look for overgrowth of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. For more information on testing, join us for the first session of either of our upcoming programs or email us at [email protected].

Pay special attention if you are a woman over 40 who is trying to lose weight…

(Spoiler alert – you don’t need more willpower and it is not your fault if you can’t stop eating sugar. You are missing some critical information!)

Follow these tips and you will be on your way to:

Easily disappear your sugar cravings

Lose stubborn belly fat

Kick start your weight loss

“I’m mid 50’s, post menopausal, feeling stressed and carrying 15 extra pounds – on my 5’2″ frame, that’s a lot! (My cute clothes don’t fit anymore!) What use to work doesn’t anymore. Sometimes I think I might as well just give up after menopause. The weight does concern me but it’s more the lack of energy, insomnia and I just feel yucky. The last time I had ANY success with a lifestyle plan was with your plan Ti – soooooo, here I am!!!”

Among my female clients over 40, the biggest complaints are:

Having trouble losing weight (especially around the middle)

Feeling thick and puffy

Feeling tired

Having trouble sleeping

Experiencing “brain fog”

Feeling stressed

And with those kind of symptoms, it’s no wonder that so many people find themselves hooked on sugar (and wine)!

Simple but powerful Fixes.

You may be overlooking these four SIMPLE TIPS because they are so obvious but slipping on any one of these could be causing ALL of your symptoms!

Simple Tip #1: Get Support

There is an overwhelming amount of research on how much support can relieve stress and improve moods. If you’ve developed some habits you want to kick, start by creating a support team. Call a friend, tell your family or co-workers, post it on Facebook, make it a game or contest – get people on board with what you’re doing and give yourself someone to check in with. Start a food journal and write notes to yourself.

Make it Easy!

In coaching, we have a method called “book ending” that works miracles. You tell someone about a specific and time sensitive goal. For example, that you are going to go bed early and have a healthy dinner. Then, once you’ve done it, you confirm with them that you followed through. Just that little bit of reaching out will make a BIG DIFFERENCE.

If you’re not sure who to join forces with, at Vitaliti Wellness, our specialty is being your instant support team! We provide nutrition programs together with support groups that have been successfully used by thousands of people and can be an instant way for you to be on the fast track.

Simple Tip #2: Clear the Visual Field

I can’t believe how often people overlook this tip and the research is clear. What you see and can reach easily, you are more likely to eat. It’s so obvious once you think about it but are you making what you see work for or against you? Take a look at your desk and kitchen counters – what do you see? Are the foods you are trying to avoid staring back at you or easily within reach? The research is clear – whatever foods and drinks are in your visual field get consumed more so start using this to your advantage instead of letting it overwhelm your good intentions.

Make it Easy!

Make your visual field work for you. At dinner tonight, pick the foods in your meal that you want you and your family to eat more of and put them on the table so it’s easy for people to get another serving. For example, you might put the salad, vegetable sides, and a water pitcher on the table. Leave all the other food for your meal off the table in another room and have no other drinks but water on the table. You will be AMAZED at how much more water everyone drinks and how much more veggies they eat. And, you’ll all eat much less of what you don’t want to be eating. Make sure everyone pitches in with the dishes so that you are not alone with the leftovers when you’re feeling tired at the end of your day.

As for the sugary foods and drinks that you are trying to avoid? You have to get them out of your environment and stop buying them for awhile. Give yourself time to detox.

On our 30-Day RESET Cleanse program, one of the best parts is that we remove the foods and beverages that are potentially inflammatory or toxic. And at the same time, we substitute nutritionally dense foods that leave you feeling better. It’s always so counter intuitive but the foods that you crave are generally causing the cravings! When you remove them from your diet and visual field, the cravings go away very quickly.

“By Day 3 of the 30-Day RESET, I start to feel like myself again! My food cravings are gone, my stomach feels flatter, I have more energy, and I can think again. It’s like a little miracle! Once I get into the zone, it becomes so easy to follow the program. (Doesn’t hurt that I lost 5 lbs my first week!)” – Michelle 52

Simple Tip #3: Drink More Water

Another tip that is so simple you may have overlooked it is drinking plenty of water. This is VITAL.

Did you know? Even slight dehydration (1%) creates stress on your whole body – muscles, brain, organs…cells – the works! Not being hydrated lowers the brain’s serotonin and causes cravings.

In our 30-Day RESET Program, we suggest you drink at least 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water (or other Cleanse-worthy liquids).

Start drinking all the liquids you need and you will be amazed at how your sugar cravings will disappear! And, your brain will work better, your energy will be higher, your bowels will function normally. Lots of good stuff here!

Make it Easy!

Use your visual field and proximity to your advantage. Invest in a water bottle you love and carry it everywhere. Make sure you have water in your car, at your desk, and in your purse at all times. You’ll be AMAZED how much more water you drink when you have it in your visual field and in your reach.

Simple Tip #4: Get 7-9 Hours of Sleep

I can hear the groaning now. More sleep? Maybe you wish you had the time for more sleep. Or night time is your “me time” and you don’t want to go to bed earlier.

But did you know that in one study including women aged 40-60, women who slept less than six hours a night were more likely to gain 11 pounds over the course of the 7 year study compared to women who slept 7 hours a night? The study concluded that “sleep duration was associated withmajor weight gain among middle-aged women.”

Using functional MRI technology, the study published in the journal Nature Communicationsfound that when sleep deprived, the areas of the brain that help us make better food choices do not function as well. Adding insult to injury, when we have not slept enough, the area of the more primal brain that controls desire is intensified!

The result of not getting enough sleep? We want junkier, higher sugar foods and we are less able to access the part of our brain that would help us make a better choice.

During this time, you turn off your electronics, set out your clothes and pack your bags, take a bath and brush your teeth (with low lights) and the kicker – set an alarm at your bed time so that you remember to go to sleep!

One of the keys to getting to sleep earlier that we use in the RESET is the rule of not eating after 7pm. You will be surprised that when you don’t eat after 7pm, you naturally want to go to sleep and the sleep you get is much more restorative!

Join us!

If you’d like to kick your bad habits to the curb quickly, join us for one of our upcoming classes that includes a comprehensive plan, with food lists, recipes and more.

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, check out our schedule and come to one of our live upcoming classes.

KETO OS Chocolate Swirl tastes like a tootsie roll and I love topping it with whipped coconut milk for a delicious start to my day!

My simplest way to enjoy Keto OS Chocolate swirl is to shake it up with 8 ounces of unsweetened Califia Farms Toasted Coconut Almond Milk, ice and 8 ounces of water. Keto OS Chocolate Swirl has a mild chocolate taste – not super sweet. It tastes like a tootsie roll or a chocolate malt – DELICIOUS!

My favorite splurge (which is all good on the Keto Cleanse) is to top off this delightful treat with some whipped coconut milk. So good! If you need to add little more fat, shake together 1 serving of the Chocolate Keto with 1/3 packet of the Keto Kreme, ice, water and the Toasted Coconut Almond Milk and then top with whipped coconut milk. Yummy!

What’s New About this Version of Keto:

Vegan, gluten-free, and dairy free

Zero grams of fat (no MCTs)

Easy to digest! Say goodbye to any tummy troubles. Added prebiotic (a food source for the good bacteria in the gut) helps your good bacteria get stronger and helps to prevent gastro intestinal upset.

Added Ketogenic Amino Acids make this a GREAT pre-workout drink to increase energy and strength during your workout and speed recovery after.

aid in muscle recovery.

Added Short Chain Fatty Acids (butyric acid) which provide digestive support (1) and helps reduce inflammation (2). Also have been shown to help with insulin resistance and weight loss (3)!

Optimized ratio of ketone salts for faster peak and more sustained ketone levels throughout the day

KETO//OS® (Ketone Operating System) is a revolutionary drink mix based on a proprietary ketone energy technology. It delivers advanced nutrition and research suggests it promotes optimized cellular regeneration, energy and longevity.

DESCRIPTION

In our free Cleanse Info Session, you will learn more about why our clean eating Cleanse programs have helped so many people and what makes them truly unique from other programs and amazingly effective. …And the best part is that you will get all the information you need to decide which Program is right for you and be inspired to get started!

In this Info session, we will explain what our various programs involve (RESET, Zippi, and Keto Cleanse Programs) including:

1. How to select the right program for you
2. What types of foods you will eat and not eat
3. What supplements we recommend

We’ll discuss our different Programs, your goals and the benefits of our Program:

What can be accomplished in 14 or 30 days

How and why the various programs were developed

Healthy weight loss

Increased energy

Improved mental focus and concentration

Improved quality of life

Mastering personal nutrition

We’ll also share some highlights from the Program:

How our Programs are different from other programs

How to prepare

What you can expect

Overview of how nutritional supplements can enhance your results

Some of the advantages of joining us for this Session include:

Receive a tailored presentation based on the needs of those in the audience

Free Tanita metabolic scale weigh-In

Meet Ti Caudron, our founder and class instructor

Ask personal questions about your unique situation and needs

Find out how these Programs can support your particular challenges

Find out which Program is right for you

Allay any fears and anxiety about the Programs

Get inspired to gently “lean-in” to the Program before class begins the following week and get your circle of support (friends and family) engaged in your process …and maybe even signed up too!

Attending Alumni will share their inspiring and remarkable success stories

Alumni can attend with friends and family to get all their questions answered

Welcome aboard & see you at the Overview,

Ti and the Vitaliti Team

INFO SESSION DATE, TIME & LOCATION:

Date: Tuesday, January 10th, 2017

Time: We will start at 7pm with free Tanita Scale weigh-ins and the Info Session interactive discussion with Ti Caudron will be held from 7:15pm to 8:45pm

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SCHEDULED CLASSES
https://vitalitiwellness.com/vitaliti-calendar/

The Vitaliti ZIPPI Reset is a 14-Day Accelerated Cleanse and is the rocket ship version of the 30-Day RESET Clean Eating program. The ZIPPI Reset is specifically for busy results-oriented people. It delivers the same science-based insights as the 30-Day in a highly condensed format. If you want to detox & optimize your metabolism , using our traditional plant based eating style or a modified Keto eating style, this ZIPPI program is for you!

This will be a fun filled and productive day whether you are a new Keto//OS Promoter, run an entire team, or are just curious and wanting to know more.

Bring:— Bring your phone, laptop, and contact lists— There is a commercial kitchen in our Workshop space so bring your Keto snacks and lunch.
— If you would like to participate in a lunch “pot luck”, bring something Keto or Cleanse friendly to share with 5 people.

Keto//OS

Keto//OS is the first therapeutic ketone on the market. Come taste our Keto Kocktails made from this delicious orange dreamsicle flavored powder and learn what therapeutic ketones can do for your body composition, energy, and mental clarity!

Prüvit Mission

Our mission is to show you that anyone can Bio-hack their own body, and we can Prüvit. To do this effectively requires knowledge, technology, self experimentation and most importantly, the willingness to question ALMOST everything you’ve ever believed to be true about nutrition.

Prüvit Vision

Our vision is to help people discover how to upgrade your body and mind using the proven science of bio hacking & ketones. To help people enter a state of high performance every single day. It’s easier than it sounds. we can Prüvit. Our groundbreaking technology will allow someone to think faster, have better focus and energy, laugh at food cravings, shed fat & look good doing it.

We are creating a community of people who care as much about personal performance as you do. By giving expert guidance so that people can walk the path of peak performance and innovation through mind, body & spirit, we can help one become nearly superhuman as they begin to perform at their own optimum level.

For more Info: Text Ti Caudron: 510-501-9376

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